Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Manually managing blocks of memory in C is like juggling bars of soap in a prison shower: It's all fun and games until you forget about one of them.
Anonymous
In my experience, one of the most significant problems in software development is assuming. If you assume a method will passed the right parameter value, the method will fail.
Paul M. Duvall
Always code as if the guy who ends up maintaining your code will be a violent psychopath who knows where you live.
Rick Osborne
First, solve the problem. Then, write the code.
John Johnson
If you have a procedure with ten parameters, you probably missed some.
Alan J. Perlis
You can't solve social problems through technical means.
Anonymous
Why did the Roman Empire collapse? What is Latin for office automation?
Alan J. Perlis
Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex. It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage - to move in the opposite direction.
E.F. Schumacher
An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field.
Niels Bohr
I don't care if it works on your machine! We are not shipping your machine!
Ovidiu Platon